Red tape and a Navy waste basket tale of progress
A Navy officer recounts how red tape entangles a missing waste basket needed for expending an item. The basket travels through papers and endoresments, circling headquarters, until it reappears under the captain's desk. He reflects on bureaucratic slowdowns and the shift from a waste basket to the clothing and small stores room, noting progress and change.
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Navy Yard
O. K
Washington
Jones
Slop Chest and Sailors Clothes Through Naval Change
The piece traces how old naval customs endure amid modernization from Roman catapults to breech loaders. It notes slop chests as stores of seamen’s clothing, cites early accounts from 450 B C to Columbus and John Paul Jones, and explains how gear evolved from boots and breeches to later innovations, with humor about uniforms and maintenance.
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John Paul Jones
Navy
Wright and Curtiss praised as individuals not national force
The article argues US aviation prowess spans sixty years, citing the 1861 Lowe balloon idea and early aerostats. It notes Lowe's rise and fall over pay, the Civil War balloon missions, crude tech, hot air inflation, and risky reconnaissances with observers often ending in drowning or capture.
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Wright
Curtiss
Washington
Lowe
Capitol
Young Lowe
Johnny Red
Europe
The Gulf Stream and World Ocean Currents Described
A navy observer explains how main ocean currents drive climate and ship movement. He details the Gulf Stream’s width and speed, its path along Florida to Iceland, and how northern and southern currents warm or cool coastal regions.
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O. O
Florida
Hatteras
Iceland
British Islea
Europe
Bay of Biscay
American
Baffin Bay
Labrador
Maine
New Foundland
America
Pacific
Japan
Behring Sea
Atlantic
Alaskan
England
South Atlantic
South Pacific
Indian
American Cities Face Crime That Surpasses Europe Says Fosdick
Raymond B. Fosdick argues American cities, led by Chicago and New York, show far higher homicide and burglary rates than London or Liverpool. He cites 1914–19 comparisons, noting immigrants and violence as factors, and claims European police would be overwhelmed by U.S. crime levels.
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London
Paris
New York
Chicago
Raymond 8. Fosdick
Europe
Raymond B. Fosdick
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Fosdicken
Metropolitan Police
Brigade de Surete
Mr. Fosdick
England
Wales
England and
Great Britain
United States
New York City
England and Wales
Trade of Car for Horse and Hound Spurs Unique Deal
Ed Cantrill traded his automobile for John Harris’s old mare and surrey and the right to hunt with Harris’s famed Warren county hound in the upcoming season. Harris kept the best possum dog and the privilege rounds out the unusual barter in Bowling Green Kentucky.
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Bowling Green
Ed Cantrill
John Harris
Surrey
Warren County
Cantrill
Harris
Prisoners of Reds Go Crazy in German Camps
Report from Stettin details despairing German prisoners returned from Russia. Many show insanity or bitterness toward Russia and Germany, with some cursing the flag and demanding exchange. Germany estimates 5,000 Germans remain in Russian camps this winter and 200,000 Russians still in German camps.
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Stettin
Germany
Russia
Town of 800 Packs Up to Move 10 Miles Away
The 800 inhabitants of Wholiny Mississippi plan to relocate ten miles north. Buildings are moved on wheels or loaded on flatcars to new site, following a dramatic town relocation.
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Ellisville
Afiss
Wholiny
Miss
Parrocini Returns to Cincinnati to Pursue Art
Cellist Parrocini of the Symphony orchestra is back in Cincinnati and will devote full time to art after a year of travel in Europe. He inherited 25 000 dollars, spent 24 500, and will receive 180 000 dollars at age sixty one, five years hence.
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Cincinnat
Bernard Parrocini
Symphony Orchestra
Europe
Parrocini
German Officers Face Poverty After Armistice
In Berlin about 50,000 ex officers discharged after the armistice join the unemployed. Some work hard labor, others live on meager pensions as aristocrats sell heirlooms to pay grocers. Wives earn low wages while widows support children on scant pensions. wounded veterans beg on streets in uniform. An American observers report a fallen former soldier fainting from hunger.
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Berlin
Germany
Unter den Linden
Swamp-Root Kidney Medicine Ad Promotes Trial Sample
Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root is promoted as a longtime kidney liver and bladder remedy sold by druggists. The ad urges testing with a ten cent sample from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and asks readers to mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Adr
Two Sisters Debate Diamond Engagement Ring
A London Answers note describes two sisters discussing a new diamond engagement ring worn by the elder sister. Maizie, the twelve year old, downplays romance saying she would accept a string on her finger if a real man offered it.
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Maizie
London
Green's August Flower Remedy Ad
An aged remedy claims fifty four years of service for nervous dyspepsia indigestion and related symptoms. It asserts wide household adoption worldwide with no reported failures and notes it is sold everywhere.
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Green
Adv
Speaking Universally and the Parisian Farewell
A man mishears a French farewell and learns that carbolic acid allegedly means goodbye in any language. The joke centers on his friend’s explanation that au revoir is good bye and the punchline equates carbolic acid with farewell in all tongues.
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France
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims and Circulation Notice
Salus Catarrh Medicine aims to cure catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh and claims no other diseases. The medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal mucous surfaces. Druggists distribute it. circulars free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Salu
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
His Chief End In Life in an English Town Tale
A wealthy but stingy elderly woman hires a frail fourteen year old boy who serves as doorbell, dishwasher, waiter, gardener and more. A visitor asks what he does and the boy replies he is a butler a kitchen maid and a gardener out of a job.
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment as needed to keep skin clean and hands soft, with Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. An advertisement promotes the trio as the best for complexion and hygiene.
Artificial Light Best crops grow better under electric lights
The saying that crops respond to artificial lighting is echoed with a witty note that one crop at least shows a sharp response to electric illumination, namely wild oats.
Moving Pictures of the Caberny Crowds Jud Tunkins Family
Jud Tunkins notes that most of the family is out to the moving pictures of the caberny, which helps keep their flat from overcrowding.
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Jud Tunkins
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